Sloppy Smithson Valley advances to title game

MARVIN PFEIFFER/Express-News

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Smithson Valley's Whitney "Rip" Repole, out for the finals with a broken ankle, gives teammates dirt from the 2009 state championship game that she collected and saved prior to their 4A state semifinal game with Waco Midway at McCombs Field in Austin on June 1, 2012. Smithson Valley advance to the finals with a 11-9 victory over the Panthers. MARVIN PFEIFFER/ mpfeiffer@express-news.net

Smithson Valley's Whitney "Rip" Repole, out for the finals with a broken ankle, gives teammates dirt from the 2009 state championship game that she collected and saved prior to their 4A state semifinal game with Waco Midway at McCombs Field in Austin on June 1, 2012. Smithson Valley advance to the finals with a 11-9 victory over the Panthers. MARVIN PFEIFFER/ mpfeiffer@express-news.net